UFC 311: Makhachev vs Tsarukyan 2 Card, Date, Time, & More

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UFC 311 PPV is scheduled to take place on January 18, 2025. It will air from Intuit Dome in Inglewood near Los Angeles, CA. UFC Lightweight Championship bout between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan is set to be the main event.

The event is slated to begin at 6 PM ET with an early prelims card on ESPN+ Streaming in the United States. The prelims card will start from 8 PM ET and the main card will start at 10 PM ET as an ESPN+ PPV in the United States.

FIGHT CARD

EARLY PRELIMS

  • Tagir Ulanbekov vs Clayton Carpenter – Flyweight Bout
  • Ricky Turcios vs Bernardo Sopaj – Bantamweight Bout
  • Rinya Nakamura vs Muin Gafurov – Bantamweight Bout
  • Karol Rosa vs Ailín Pérez – Women’s Bantamweight Bout
  • Grant Dawson vs Carlos Diego Ferreira – Lightweight Bout

PRELIMS

  • Zachary Reese vs Sedriques Dumas – Middleweight Bout
  • Jailton Almeida vs Serghei Spivac – Heavyweight Bout
  • Raoni Barcelos vs Payton Talbott – Bantamweight Bout
  • Johnny Walker vs Bogdan Guskov – Light Heavyweight Bout

MAIN CARD

  • Kevin Holland vs Reinier de Ridder – Middleweight Bout
  • Jiri Prozachka vs Jamahal Hill – Light Heavyweight Bout
  • Beneil Dariush vs Renato Moicano – Lightweight Bout
  • Co-Main Event: Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov – Bantamweight Championship Bout(5 rounds)
  • Main Event: Islam Makhachev(c) vs Arman Tsarukyan – UFC Lightweight Championship Bout(5 rounds)

CANCELLED BOUTS

  • Johnny Walker vs Bogdan Guskov – Walker pulled out of the bout due to an injury

NOTES

UFC 311 is the first UFC PPV event of the year 2025. It will be UFC’s third event in Inglewood, CA, but will be the first event at the newly built Intuit Dome.

Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan clashed in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 149 on April 20, 2019. Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan in that bout via unanimous decision. UFC President Dana White announced on December 4, 2024, that Makhachev and Tsarukyan would headline this event in rematch over UFC Lightweight Championship.

White also announced that the co-main event bout would be UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between Merab Dvalishvilli and Umar Nurmagomedov.

Bantamweights Ricky Turcios and Bernardo Sopaj were scheduled to clash at UFC Vegas 100. The bout had to be cancelled after the weigh-ins as Turcois suffered some medical issues. The bout was then rebooked for this event.

Lightweights Grant Dawson and Carlos Diego Ferreira were booked to clash on this card. They were previously booked to fight at a Fight Night event in October 2021, but the bout was scrapped due to an injury to Ferreira.

Johnny Walker and Bogdan Guskov were set for a light heavyweight bout on the card. The bout was canceled after Walker suffered an injury one week before the event.

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